About Gustl French
Lived 1909 – 2004 (aged 95). Gustl French was an American painter, printmaker and photographer.
Auguste L. "Gustl" French (1909–2004) was an Austrian-American painter, printmaker and photographer.
Biography She was born and educated in Vienna, Austria, receiving a doctorate in modern philology from the University of Vienna. While in Europe, she studied with Oskar Kokoschka.
She came to the United States in 1944, fleeing the Bombing of Vienna during World War II. She taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and moved to California in the mid-1950s with her family. There she studied in Oakland at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), and at the Claremont Graduate University in the M.F.A. Program.
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Who was Gustl French?
Austrian-American painter, photographer (1909 – 2004)
When was Gustl French born?
Gustl French was born on 17 July 1909 in Vienna.
When did Gustl French die?
Gustl French died on 24 December 2004.
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Gustl French was a painter, printmaker and photographer.
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Gustl French was American.
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